by Kestrel Theatre Company | Aug 2, 2021 | Original Drama (Theatre)
Four Kestrel alumni worked with the writer Simon Longman to create fictional stories that looked at the experiences of finishing a prison sentence and the problems and possibilities of finding yourself in a new life. The collective piece is called AFTER TIME. This was...
by Kestrel Theatre Company | Mar 13, 2020 | Original Drama (Theatre)
In November and December 2019, over the course of four weeks under the guidance of a professional theatre director, writer and actor from Kestrel Theatre, thirteen men from HMP Springhill devised and wrote the original pantomime Rio’s Extraordinary Christmas. The...
by Kestrel Theatre Company | Oct 3, 2019 | Original Drama (Theatre)
10 evening workshops with professional playwright Simon Longman saw 5 short plays being produced by the residents on a variety of themes. Kestrel collaborated with The Royal Court Theatre to produce a performance of rehearsed readings of the plays by three...
by Kestrel Theatre Company | Mar 20, 2019 | Original Drama (Theatre)
Over 5 weeks fifteen men from HMP Springhill devised an original pantomime. There were 5 performances to over 300 residents, staff, family and friends. This was our first collaboration with the Irene Taylor Trust who worked with the men to compose original music and...
by Kestrel Theatre Company | Oct 8, 2018 | Original Drama (Theatre)
A five week theatre project with eight men from HMP Springhill. Invited back to perform Broken Dreams, a play devised at Springhill with playwright Simon Longman in 2017, the men rehearsed for three weeks in Bicester. Supported by Chiltern Railways, they then headed...
by kestrel | Jan 29, 2018 | Original Drama (Theatre)
5 week devising project with 9 men from HMP Springhill exploring the challenges of parenthood, grief and loss and the human consequences of the Grenfell disaster. We collaborated with The Royal Court Theatre and a young writer to produce the 30 minute drama which was...
